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Censorship: waging war on free speech

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The on Line Safety Bill That's Making Its Way Through Parliament

On line safety bill puts on platforms a duty of care to prevent adverse any speech that could potentially pose adverse psychological harm. Even when speech is would be legal if set on the street or in a newspaper, it would bar it on line. Spencer: In an effort to sanatize the discourse, which i again, i don't think parliament is being particularly evil here, but i think there's overreach. Sanatizing the discourse can also lead us to a point where new ideas can't emerge on the history of potecast from that point forward.

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